Tag: food

McDonald's Japan has been marketing itself in unique ways recently, such as using a parody of a gaijin called Mr. ...

There are many skills a foreigner needs if he wants to live in Japan, like how to say biiru o ...

The current economic hard times are bringing some changes to Japan, especially in the area of fashion. In the past, ...

Otaku culture is fast becoming the mainstream culture of Japan, and any company that wants to succeed at selling products ...

Valentine's Day is right around the corner, and it's a great time to think about picking up some delicious chocolate ...

The Japanese are extremely creative when it comes to language, and often invent new English words to describe the things ...

Anime is a window into Japanese society and a valuable resource for anyone hoping to understand this complex country. The ...

Each year the organization that publishes the Standardized Kanji Test announces the "kanji of the year," the character that best ...

Christmas is upon us, and for a gaijin living in Japan that means one thing: being asked to dress up ...

Coming to live in Japan means getting used to new things, like navigating streets with large uncovered ditches beside them ...

Over the weekend I made the 65 km journey to the nearest Costco, the membership warehouse chain from the U.S., ...

I've written before about how Japan seems to be a very harmonious place, where people are more or less on ...

You've been in Japan too long when you air-drum in your car while listening to the U.S. Military radio news ...

Because the Japanese generally study six years of English during junior high and high school, there's a tendency for English ...

When I look back on my 8-year career teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) in Japan, I can't think ...

The Japanese love to take standardized tests, and many people use them as a tool to better themselves over the ...

There certainly are some rare and interesting foods to discover in Japan, once you dig beneath the surface a little. ...

An interesting thing has happened to anime over the past few years: it's become quite common to see well-known products ...

When I came to Japan, I naturally expected to find foods like ramen, udon, tempura and sushi, but when I ...

This weekend my wife is in South Korea, where she'll eat delicious food, get a Korean massage and do some ...

Japan is a great country, and I like living here a lot. But no matter how long I stay here, ...

Over the weekend I went to my daughter's annual school bazaar, which means that my life became a "school festival" ...

It's time for another installment of Peter's Japanese Pronunciation Guide. First, understand that Japanese is a syllabic language, meaning that ...

It's always fun to observe the little bits of Japanese culture that are communicated through anime. I was re-watching the ...